Additional clarification:
No one lost a verification badge today–If you received an email that your channel will no longer be verified, this was just an advanced notice & you can appeal
The checkmark has never appeared on YouTube mobile channel pages (this will be added soon)https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1174735005215420416 …
It was never hard to find the correct channel. Never. And now there are dedicated full time creators who have been doing this for years, some over a decade, who feel disheartened and hurt. How could you decide who deserves to be ‘offical’ and who doesn’t? They all have fans.